NAME

       sleep - suspend execution for an interval

SYNOPSIS

       sleep time

DESCRIPTION

       Sleep suspends execution for time seconds.

EXAMPLES

       Execute a command 100 seconds hence.

              {sleep 100; command}&

       Repeat a command every 30 seconds.

              while (){
                   command
                   sleep 30
              }

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/sleep.c

SEE ALSO

       sleep(3)

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